9 posts and columns on John Furrier

A New Angle on Silicon Valley

in News on February 23, 2009 at 2:31 am PT

Well-known pundit and entrepreneur John Furrier has a new blog called siliconANGLE, which went live yesterday and which he said will be a “collaboration blog for friends and colleagues.” The site will cover the social Web and also tech trends, but Furrier said it will try for “deeper” analysis of the news.
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Kara Visits the Google Chrome Browser Launch

in News on September 3, 2008 at 12:13 am PT

Here is a video I did while I was attending and liveblogging the Google launch of and press conference for its new “not-a-Windows-killer” Chrome browser, held at its Mountain View, Calif., HQ yesterday morning. Google released its own software to navigate the Internet yesterday, setting itself up for yet another bruising competition with Microsoft. See Googlers, snacks and more…

Memo to Mark Zuckerberg: The Chicken or the Egg (or the Golden Ticket)

in News on May 20, 2008 at 4:03 am PT

Maybe it would be easier to sell Facebook to Microsoft for billions and billions, even though it is not likely you will. But, for the sake of argument, let’s take the opposing position about the best future for the hot social-networking site. In other words, make a friendly Microsoft takeover of Facebook your own version of an IPO, as John Furrier has suggested, and walk away a Silicon Valley legend.
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Facebook Not Selling–Well, Not Yet! And IPO? Try 2010 or Later!

in News on May 19, 2008 at 1:12 pm PT

If wishes were horses, all Facebookers would ride! But alas, even though BoomTown is also intrigued by the idea as much as tech bloggers Robert Scoble and John Furrier, Facebook is not about to be bought by Microsoft.
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Guess it Wasn't the 'Best CIO Job in the World' After All

in News on April 1, 2008 at 2:52 pm PT

I have the best CIO job in the world. It used to be the case that the CIO existed to bring technology to business, but it’s our belief that’s vanishing. Increasingly now, the way our technology works is driving the business. The CIO of tomorrow is not a business service person; the CIO of tomorrow [...]

Guess it Wasn’t the ‘Best CIO Job in the World’ After All

in News on April 1, 2008 at 2:52 pm PT

I have the best CIO job in the world. It used to be the case that the CIO existed to bring technology to business, but it’s our belief that’s vanishing. Increasingly now, the way our technology works is driving the business. The CIO of tomorrow is not a business service person; the CIO of tomorrow [...]